Dislocated Shoulder - Signs

Signs

  • Significant pain, which can sometimes be felt along the arm past the shoulder.
  • Inability to move the arm from its current position, particularly in positions with the arm reaching away from the body and with the top of the arm twisted toward the back.
  • Numbness of the arm.
  • Visibly displaced shoulder. Some dislocations result in the shoulder appearing unusually square.
  • No bone in the side of the shoulder showing shoulder has become dislocated.

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